Majestic mountains reaching up towards the skyWith such beauty to fill a young lads eyeA calling which started long ago with my dad As he took to the mountains every chance that he had

Taking us among rolling hills and clear gentle streamsWhat memories he did leave us to carry in our dreamsWatching a big full moon rise high on a summer night Giving such a beauty to the mountains with its light

The call of the mountains Dad instilled deep in my soulAnd tho I lived near the big city Shenandoah was my goal.When I was finished school to those mountains I did comeNot even knowing where my work or food would come from

In a little six room house with no water and only a path Chopping wood for the tin heater for water for a bath Times were sure hard but I could always smileFor the beauty of the valley made it all worthwhile

Swimming or fishing at the creek, we made our own funOr just a walk along the bank was nice when we were done Swinging over the water on the grapevine was always a treatAnd so such fun to cool off from the hot summer heat

That was long ago when I began having my Dad's dreamsBut I still can see in his eyes that far away gleamWhen he would plan for those trips, the days a countin'I'm carring out Dad's dream for those majestic mountains

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